God's sovereignty and our comfort

God's power employed continually in the affairs of all men overuling all good and evil for the accomplishment of his just purposes.

1. God's sovereignty and Christ our Passover v18-20
2. God's sovereignty and our sorrows v21-23. Christ's gracious purpose in trying his disciples faith
3. God's sovereign decree and man's accountability v24. God foreknows all because he foreordains all yet man remains accountable for his actions. God's power and authority must reign supreme, he would not be God if it were not so.
4. God's sovereign care of his true people v25. Even hidden enemies contribute in the plan of God to work for the church's good.